PT Journal AU Skupa, L TI Whole World Applauds Nationalised Cinema. The Siren at the 1947 Venice Film Festival SO Iluminace PY 2009 BP 60 EP 75 VL 21 IS 2 WP https://iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-200902-0002.php DE censorship; film festivals; propaganda; ideology in film; nationalised cinematography SN 0862397X AB An analysis of the events surrounding the creation and release of Karel Stekly's film Siren and its success at the 1947 Venice IFF shows some specific features of the early period of nationalised Czechoslovak cinema, such as the methods of promotion and propaganda and the real interests of state film. ER